Locomotive-tender



G. W. HAAS.

No. 431,052. Patented July 1, 1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE VVILLIAH HAAS, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

LOCOMOTlVE-TENDER.

- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 431,052, dated uly 1,1890.

Application filed November 19, 1889- Serial No. 330,860. (No model.)

T0 on whom it may concern.- Be it known that I, GEORGE WILLIAM HAAS,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Louisville, in the county ofJefferson and State Kentucky, have invented a new and usefulLocomotive-Tender, of which the following is a specifications Theinvention relates to improvements in locomotive-tenders.

The object of the present invention is to provide a locomotive-tenderwhich is capable of having its coal-bunk increased any desired size andwhich Will direct the coal to within easy reach of the fireman.

Existing forms of tenders have uniformly been made much shorter inlength than either locomotives or cars, for the reason that coalnecessarily has to be maintained close to the cab for convenient removalthereto, and for the reason that the multifarious duties of the firemanand the necessity of having the fur nace-doors opened and closed asspeedily as possible render it important that but little time be lost intaking coal from the bunk in feeding the engine, and upon extended tripsthe coal-bunk has to be frequently replenished, or, what is customary,an additional tender is used, and the coal is shoveled from the rearmosttender into the hunk of that next to the engine, thereby involvingadditional tenders, labor, time, and expense. I am also aware thattenders of additional length having two coal-compartments have beenemployed and are pivoted centrally, and when the coal in one of thebunks has been consumed the tender is rotated to bring the other bunk inposition for use.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangements of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the upper portion ofa locomotive tender constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2is a central vertical longitudinal sectional View. Fig. 3 is a verticaltransverse sectional view. Fig. 4 is a vertical longitudinal sectionalview, the section being taken on line so a: of Fig. 3.

Referring to the accompanying drawings by letter, A designates thetender-body, which is designed to be mounted upon a frame supported bytrucks in the usual manner, and is provided with a false bottom orpartition B, which forms the bottom of the coal-bunk and divides thespace within the tender into a tank or water-compartment and acoal-bnnk.

The false bottom or partition Bis composed of four sides or sections 1)b b 12 whose tapering edges are secured together. The sides or sectionsare slanting and incline toward the center of the coal-bunk, which isprovided with an opening 0, through which coal passes and is directedbya chute to the front of the tender, where it is within easy reach ofthe fireman and enables him to transfer the coal from the bunk to theengine in exceedingly short time. By this construction the coaltendercan be constructed any size to hold any desired amount of coal, and theinclined sides of the bottom B of the coal-bunk will direct the coal tothe central opening which will deliver the coal by means of the chute tothe front of the tender, which construction is a great advantage overthose in which it is necessary for the fireman to enter the tender andshovel the coal toward the front as the supply diminishes. The frontsection b is supported by vertical partitions D, which form the walls ofthe chute, and the rear sec tion of the coal-bunk bottom is extended andinclines toward the front of the tender and forms an inclined way orbottom D of the chute.

The tender is provided at each side with horizontal partitions E, whichare arranged at the front and between the vertical partitions D and thesides a of the tender-body and extend rearward to about the middle ofthe tender, where they meet and are joined to the section b of thebunk-bottom, and form between them and the front section b of thebunk-bottom spaces, which serve as convenient receptacles for tools, andthe front a of the tender is provided with suitable openings a whichcommunicate with the said spaces a. or tool-compartments, and are closedby hinged doors F, that are secured in place by suitable latches. Thespace inclosed by the horizontal partitions E, the coal-bunk bottom, andthe body of the tender forms a watertank, and the rear section of thebunk-bottom has a water-tube G, that communicates with the water-tankand is provided with a suitable cap g.

The front of the tender is provided with the usual cocks for drawing theWater from 5 the tank.

What I claim is The tender provided with a false bottom having a centralopening and composed of the four sides or sections inclined toward the16 central opening, the rear side or section being extended through thecentral opening to the front of the tender and forming an inscribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aifixedmy signature in presence of two Witnesses.

GEORGE WILLIAM HAAS.

Witnesses:

MANUEL J. STRENG, LoUIs SIMM, Jr.

